CVE-2016-7980
spip - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.55%
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ecrire/exec/valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that execute the XML validator on a local file via a crafted valider_xml request. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2016-7998 to execute arbitrary PHP code.
How to fix CVE-2016-7980
To remediate CVE-2016-7980, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.1.3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.17-1+deb7u6 or later
Is CVE-2016-7980 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.1.3-1
- from 0, < 2.1.17-1+deb7u6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |